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San Felipe-Del Rio CISD trustees and superintendent review strategic plan, emphasize board–superintendent roles
Summary
Trustees met Feb. 3 for a Team-of-8 workshop focused on finishing the 2022–27 strategic plan, aligning superintendent evaluation with plan goals, and strengthening board–superintendent collaboration.
San Felipe-Del Rio Consolidated Independent School District trustees and Superintendent Dr. Rios met Feb. 3 for a Team-of-8 workshop to refine the district’s 2022–27 strategic plan and clarify the board’s governance role versus the superintendent’s management duties.
Trainer Dr. Charles Supreme, an executive coach invited for the session, told the trustees the workshop’s aim was “to set the stage to do a strong finish from right now beginning of ’25 till the end of ’27” and to align the superintendent appraisal with the strategic plan.
The nut graf: trustees said the district has strong programs and community ties but needs clearer alignment from the boardroom to the classroom to sustain gains and complete unfinished plan items before 2027. Workshop discussion centered on using the strategic plan as the board’s policy-level guide, and then funding and measuring progress through superintendent-led implementation.
Trustees and staff reviewed the strategic-plan document and board self-assessment results. Dr. Charles summarized the intended sequence: review board performance, discuss alignment with the plan, identify strengths/weaknesses, and prepare potential revisions for formal consideration at the March board meeting. "When the board approves this, then he's obligated as the manager...to now have the action plan to make it happen," Dr. Charles said.
Board members emphasized celebration of accomplishments — CTE (career and technical education), early-college pathways and parental engagement — while noting work remains on academic outcomes and implementation monitoring. Trustee Amy Haynes said the board has “so much to offer” and highlighted recent teacher stipends and community programs as examples of positive momentum.
A recurring theme was the board’s role in setting nonnegotiables and targets, while charging the superintendent and central office to design, fund and execute plans that produce measurable gains. Dr. Charles advised trustees to treat board-adopted strategic goals and strategies as carrying the weight of policy for purposes of accountability: approving a plan should trigger annual milestones and evaluation criteria tied to the superintendent’s appraisal.
The session closed with trustees trading one takeaway each and affirming a follow-up workshop in March to prepare potential plan revisions for a March board meeting vote.
Ending: Dr. Charles and district leaders said the next steps are to convert workshop priorities into firm annual milestones and budget requests so the board can assess progress toward the 2027 targets.
